Machine for handling paper currency.



W. S. OVERLIN.

MACHINE FUR HANDLING PAPER CURRENCY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3,1911.

Patented Apr. 4,1916.

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MACHINE FOR HANDLING PAPER CURRENCY. I

APPLICATION HLED NOV. 3, 1911.

1,178,342. Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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' necessity of handling each individual piece UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. OVERLIN, OF PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

INTERNATIONAL MONEY MACHINE COMPANY, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, A GOR- PORATION OF INDIANA.

MACHINE FOR HANDLING PAPER CURRENCY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4:, 1916.

' Application filed November 3, 1911 Serial No. 658,434.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM S. OvnRLIN, citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Handling Paper Currency, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates primarily to machines of the class designed for handling money and comprises essentially a machine by which paper money or currency may be paid out in flat condition, and in predetermined amounts in so far as denominational values are concerned.

The invention embodies further a machine not only adapted to pay out or deliver paper currency in such a manner as not to necessitate previous folding or manipulation, but includes additionally a construc tion wherein paper money in the form of bills, notes, or the like, may be received by the machine when properly fed thereto.

In a more specific phase of the invention, the peculiar mechanism employed incarrying out the same comprises manipulative means whereby paper currency in flat con dition may be drawn into a suitable holder, and other manipulative means operable in accordance with predetermined denominational values will deliver said currency from the machine in the condition in which it is received.

This invention embodies the above instru-' mentalities broadly, as they may be used separately or in combinative relation for, in so far as I am aware, no machine has heretofore been so adapted as to be used for change making purposes for delivering paper currency in flat condition or in its origi nal form, nor to receive and store up for future delivery paper currency in such condition.

I am aware that the use of receptacles in ordinary coin delivery machines has been proposed, said receptacles being adapted to contain a bill, or paper currency in folded or crumpled condition, the receptacle inclosing the bill being of a form and size equivalent to the size of a coin. A machine of the above class, however, is hardly practicable for commercial usage because of the of currency which, by manipulation, is reduced to a peculiar shape or form in order that it may be placed in a receptacle and delivered as change. To mechanically handle paper currency in a manner by which business operations will be facilitated, mechanlsm must be employed to deliver the bills or notes in their ordinary or original condition, namely flat, and this has been the essential'object in view in devising the machine constituting the present invention.

For a full understanding of the present invention, reference is to be had to the following description and to the accompanying drawings, in which I Figure 1 is a side view showing a machine embodying the principal features of this invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, certain parts being brokenaway. Fig. 3 is an end view.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figures of the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, it is contemplated that the mechanism hereinafter described shall be inclosed in a suitable casing, the base of which is shown at A. A superposed plate B is associated with the base A of said casing, the body of the latter not being illustrated, and beneath the plate B is located certain selector mechanism while above said plate B is arranged the paper currency receiving and delivering means. I

For the purposes of this description, the term bill will be used hereinafter to designate paper currency in the form of bills, notes, or the like.

The money handling means hereinafter described may, or may not be associated with corresponding means for handling money in coinage, this depending primarily upon the special use to which the machine will be put.

1 in the drawings denotes a bill receiver and holder which consists of a drum vmounted on a shaft 3 and inclosing a clock spring 2, or equivalent motor, one end of said spring being secured to the drum and the other to the shaft 8, and the tension of the spring tending to turn the drum in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1.

Associated with the receiving and delivery drum 1 is a ratchet wheel 4: rotatable with said drum on the shaft 3 aforesaid.

The shaft 3 is mounted in suitable bearings on standards 5 spaced apart, as shown in Fig. 3, and adjacent to the drum 1 is arranged an idler roller 6, the latter being supported by a pair of arms 7 pivotally mounted at 8 on spaced brackets 10. Springs 9 are connected with cranks 7' that extend from the arms '7 and the normal tension of the springs 9 operates to yieldingly hold the roller 6 against the drum 1. An auxiliary drum 11 is mounted on a shaft 13 supported by the brackets 10 and a spring 12, similar to the spring 2 above described, cooperates with the drum 11, tending, however, to rotate the latter in a direction reverse to that in which the drum 1 turns under the action of the spring 2. The tension of the spring 12 is less than that of the spring 2 furthermore, for the purpose to be more fully set forth hereinafter. A ribbon 14 of any suitable material is connected at one end with the drum 1 and passes around the roller 6 to a point of connection with the drum 11 and said ribbon is adapted to wind about the respective drums 1 and 11 in reverse directions, and according to the manipulation of certain devices controlling the operation of said drums.

Loosely mounted on an end of the shaft 3 is a lever 15, the outer extremity of which is pivotally connected at 17 to the push bar 16, forming the part of delivery mechanism for ejecting or delivering the bills after they have been received by the machine.

Normally the drum 1 is prevented from rotating under the action of the spring 2 by a. pawl 18 which is adapted at one end to enga ge the drum, is pivoted between its ends bv the pivotal connection 17 aforesaid, and yieldinglv held in engagement with the ratchet lby a spring 19. A second Dawl 20 is mounted on a lateral extension 5 of one of the standards and has one end arranged to engage the teeth of the ratchet 4 and held in such engagement by a spring 21.

Mounted in any suitable manner adjacent to the drum 1. but preferably supported on one of the standars 5, is a manipulative device in the form of a key lever 22 having at its outer end a finger piece for facilitating depression of the lever and pivoted between its ends at 23 to said standard 5. The other end of the lever 22 is formed so as toengage with the ratchet 4, but a. spring 24 holds the lever normally in a position preventing such engagement. Pins 25 and 26 carried by the lever 22 are adapted to engage the tails of the pawls 18 and 20 respectively so that, on depression of the lever, these pawls will release the ratchet -'l and drum to which the ratchet is secured.

The push bar 16 is yieldingly held at the rear limit of its movement by a spring 34 connected with the stud 35. on the plate B and the lower end of said bar 16 is formed with lateral projections 16 and 16 operating in guides 27 and 27 39 designates an extension at the extremity of the bar 16.

An ejector slide 29 is mounted on the under side of the plate B having pin and slot connection with said plate, as shown at 29' said slide being adapted for slight lateral movement so that a projection 29 at its rear or inner end may be moved into and out of engagement with an actuator arm 32 supported on a rock shaft 33, the latter being adapted to be operated by a suitable handle 11 constituting a main actuator. A selector mechanism comprising yokes 31 and selectors 10, the latter being operable by manipulative means such as keys 42 connected therewith, is employed for moving the ejector slides 29 into operative positions. Each yoke 31 has a projection 31 entering a slot 43 in the slide 29, thereby establishing an interlocking connection between the parts 31 and 29. On the slide 29 is a pin 30 which passes upward through a slot 28 in the plate B and is adapted to be engaged with the projection 16 or the extension 39 of the push bar 16, such engagement depending upon the extent of movement imparted to the slide 29 in bringing it into operative relation with the actuator arm 32, such movement, of course, being determined by the selector mechanism.

In the general operation of the invention, as hereinbefore disclosed, it will be observed that when a bill is fed between the drum 1. and the roller 6, depression of the lever 22 will impart movement to the pawls 18 and 20, releasing the ratchet 4 and permitting the drum 1 constituting the bill receiving and delivering device, to move in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1. The bill thus fed to the machine will be caught at the point 37 between the ribbon 14 and the drum 1 about which the ribbon winds when the drum is released. Of course, when the pressure on the lever 22 is relieved, the spring 24 cooperating with said lever restores the parts to their normal positions, the parts 18 and 20 looking the drum 1 from further movement. In the above operation. the ribbon 14 is, of course, unwound from the drum 11.

Should it now be desired to deliver a bill or bills from the machine, the delivery key 42 of the selector mechanism will be depressed, shifting the selector 40 connected therewith and moving the yoke 31 and slide i parted thereto, carrying the projection 30 against either one of the members 16 and 39, dependent upon the previous lateral adjustment of the slide 29. As soon as the pro ection 30 engages the one of the parts 16 and 39 for which it is adjusted, the push bar 16 is pushed forwardly or in the direction of the drum 1, this action moving the lever 15 and the pawl 18 in the same direction since the pawl 18 is hung from said lever at the pivot 17. The forward. move ment of the pawl 1.8 as actuated by the push bar 16, rotates the ratchet 1 and drum 1 in a clockwise direction and against the tension of the spring 2, this operation permitting the ribbon 14: to unwind from the drum 1 and wind on to the drum 11 which turns under the action of its spring 12. The unwinding movement of the ribbon 14 and reverse movement of the drum 1, causes a bill to be delivered from the machine at the point 37 In the construction, as specifically illustrated, if the pin 30 strikes the projection 16, a single bill of predetermined denomination will be delivered, whereas, if the ejector slide 29 has been adjusted so as to move the pin 30 into operative relation to the extension 39, the subsequent operation of the actuator 11 will impart a greater movement to the push bar 16, causing two bills or notes to be delivered at the point 37. It is obvious that parts equivalent to the members 16 and 39 may be arranged so as to permit of delivery or ejection of a greater or less number of bills from the machine as may be desired. I The currency delivery means comprising the parts 29, 31, 32, 33 and 41 is of somewhat the same type as employed in the change making machine adapted for de livery of coins and described in Letters Patent -No. 985,136, issued February 28, 1911, to Thomas Bilyeu and William S. Overlin. It is contemplated, of course, to associate with the delivery devices 1, 14:, 16, etc, or other equivalents, any desirable selector mechanism and furthermore the manipulative means controlling the opera tion. of both the selector mechanism and delivery devices, as described herein, may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. If desired, the bill delivery mechanism may be arranged in combinative relation to coin delivery means so that both coins and bills equal to a predetermined amount may be simultaneously or independently delivered from. the machine.

It will be apparent that by maintaining the key lever 22 depressed, a continuous receiving action of the drum 1 may be produced and, of course, in the delivery opera tion of said drum, the manipulative means comprising the keys 42 can readily effect drum. Furthermore, the receiving and delivery action of the drum 1 as above controlled may be said to be difi'erential, in that one or more bills may be received or delivered in a single receiving action and delivery action, respectively, of the device 1.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a paper currency handling machine, reversely movable means forreceiving and delivering paper currency, and means for moving said means in different directions for effecting receiving anddelivery action of the same, the last mentioned means comprising separate manipulative devices, and means intermediate said devices whereby one controls the action of the other.

2. In a paper currency handling machine. the combination of a bill receiving and delivery device, and means for causing a continuous receiving movement of said device and intermittent delivery movement of the same.

3. In a paper currency handling machine, the combination of a bill receiving and de livery device, and means for causing differential receiving and delivery movement of said device, and including selecting mechanism for determining the extent of such delivery movement.

4. In a paper currency handling machine, a bill receiving and delivery drum, means normally tending to effect receiving movement of said drum, locking means for the drum, and means for releasing said drum.

5. In a. paper currency handling machine, a bill receiving and delivery drum, means normally tending to effect receiving movement of said drum, locking means for the drum, and manipulative means for releasing said drum and other means for reversing the receiving movement of the drum to effect delivery action thereof.

, 6. In a paper currency handling machine, the combination of a bill receiving and delivery device, means normally tending to cause receiving movement of said device, delivery mechanism connected with the device to variably reverse the receiving movement to cause delivery movement, and selector mechanism cooperating with said delivery mechanism.

7. In a paper currency handling machine, the combination of a bill receiving and delivery device, means for actuating said device to cause the same to receive one or more bills at a single operation, and other means for actuating said device to deliver one or more bills at a single operation, and selector mechanism controlling the operation of the latter. I

8. In a paper currency handling machine, the combination of a pair of drums, a ribbon adapted to wind from one drum upon the an intermittent delivery action of said other, means normally tending to rotate the latter drum to cause the bill receiving action thereof, and means coopera ting with the first mentioned drum to cause the ribbon to wind thereon as the bill is delivered from the bill receiving drum.

9. In a paper currency handling machine, the combination of a pair of drums, a ribbon cooperating with one of said drums to hold bills thereon and adapted to wind about the other drum, means normally tending to rotate the bill holding drum in a predeter mined direction, locking means for the last mentioned drum. and means for releasing the bill holding drum to cause the ribbon to wind thereon in the bill receiving action thereof.

10. In a paper currency handling machine, the combination of apair of drums, a ribbon cooperating with one of said drums to hold bills thereon and adapted to wind about the other drum, means normally tending to rotate the bill holding drum in a predetermined direction, locking means for the last mentioned drum, means for releasing the bill holding drum to cause the ribbon to wind. thereon in the bill receiving action thereof, and means for reversing the normal movement of the bill holding drum and simultaneously rotating the other drum to cause the ribbon to wind upon-the latter.

11. In a paper currency handling machine, the combination of a main drum, an auxiliary drum, a ribbon adapted to unwind from the auxiliary drum and wind upon the main drum, a motor for effecting such winding movement of the ribbon to cause bill receiving action of the main drum, and means having less power than said motor for actuating the auxiliary drum to take upslack in the ribbon when the bill receiving movement of the main drum is reversed.

12. In a paper currency handling machine. the combination of a main bill receiving and delivery drum, spring means normally tending to rotate said drum in a predetermined direction, means cooperating With the drum to hold a bill thereon, means normally looking said drum from movement, and manipulative means for imparting opposite movements to the drum to cause receiving and delivery action of the same.

13. In a money handling machine, the combination of a money delivery device, an actuator therefor, a member intermediate said device and actuator, normally inoperative, for transmitting motion of the latter to the former, means for rendering said member operative in relation to the delivery device and actuator, and means to operate the delivery device independently of the aforesaid operating instrumentalities.

14:. In a money handling machine, the combination of a bill delivery drum, an actuator, a member intermediate said parts but normally inoperative in relation thereto, and means for rendering said member operative relative to both the delivery device and actuator whereby motion may be transmitted from the actuator to the delivery device, and separate means to control operation of the drum.

15. In a money handling machine,the combination of a money delivery device, an actuator, a member intermediate said parts but normally inoperative in relation thereto, means to simultaneously connect said member with the actuator and delivery device whereby movement of the former may be imparted to the latter, and additional means to cause operation of said delivery device.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM S. OVER-LIN.

Witnesses:

WM. J. Pnnnrcono, G; Evnn'r BAKER.

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